Brown paper covers the windows and doors of the Matador and the sign on the door says they’re closed through Friday at 4 p.m.
When we spoke to an employee a couple of weeks ago we were told that they would be making some interior changes. She didn’t have details but told us that this stemmed from the lawsuit brought on last year by the owner of Peso’s on Lower Queen Anne.
The Matador closed for a week
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What will the over the hill frat boys and cougars do 'till then?
I kid, I kid, but someone was bound to say it on here.
SPG – they can just go across the street to the other meathead bar
…or return to their drunken brawling in Belltown parking decks.
What other meathead bar? I'm accessing my barfly memory banks and can't think of anything as annoying as the Matador in that area.
I've been to Matador once in the 8 years that I've lived here. I never went back, and now I never have to.
Balmar or Kings
Did you even read the article? It's reopening!
I am very curious to see what changes they make. I have enjoyed this restaurant and it's kind of bizarre to me that any restaurant can copyright or trademark an interior design concept.
Oh. Never been in Balmar, but yeah Kings is a meathead bar.
“What will the over the hill frat boys and cougars do 'till then?”
They'll go to Peso's and hang out with the young frat boys and the “buy me a drink?” tramps…
Balmar
where you can flip yo' collar and make the bitches holla.
Kings is like the Lindas of Ballard. I personally don't have any funny or snide remarks for once about there.
But the Tin Hat is the Cha Cha of Ballard. Bring on the hipsters!
* whine whine * I complain about every bar and stereotype those who frequent it because I feel poorly about my own image and have low self-esteem *whine whine*
nothing meathead about kings… that is hipsters through and through.
*sigh* wishful reading i guess…
ding ding ding we have a winner so where are you hanging out while the matador is closed?
how is that bizarre? Don't you think Mccrappy's trademarked their interior design?
typical frat guy response lol
Pretty much all bars are for meathead as far a I can see.
I feel like I can' t go to any pub or bar without being labeled by some of you. Meathead, cougars, hipsters, and on.
You attach a negative connotation to every group. One of the things I liked about Seattle when I moved here was the “live and let live” attitude and openness to diversity, but I don't see it on here.
Stop with the name calling and judging, we're all past junior high, I assume.
“One of the things I liked about Seattle when I moved here was…(fill in the blank)”
Low crime.
Affordability.
Lack of pretentiousness.
Clean environment.
Nice neighbors.
High quality of life.
Of course, then YOU moved here – along with all your pals fleeing LA and other dystopias en mass….and now guess what: Seattle is more and more like Detroit and Jersey City every day! Thanks a bunch for that!!
You know dear, if you're not finding enough of that “live and let live attitude” here, you can always move on to the next city that has had the misfortune to be tagged as one of the “top ten cities”. There will be plenty of cute, trendy bars, there, too.
Tired of the negative comments on practically every story reported on this blog. The Matador has great food and revitalized that spot in which at least two restaurants failed in the time that I have lived in Ballard. It's wonderful that Ballard is now a destination for other Seattleites and visitors to enjoy shopping and food+ drink and other attractions (parks, the water, etc) that are part of our landscape. We all have our favorite shops and places to eat. Additionally, all of your negative complaints are doing nothing for the market value of our homes in our beloved neighborhood.
Kings? You think? Maybe once in a while, but not usually.
Then you can't see very far!
ZING!
No but seriously, what's your problem with bars. It's fun to go out, bullshit with friends or make new ones. Also, sometimes, being drunk is fun, believe it or not.
And your above assessment is rather inaccurate. The Matador or maybe Balmar, I'll give you, but take somewhere like Connor Byrne or The Dray, very far from “meathead.”
God, your life must be miserable. Are you always this whiny and bitter?
bars are for posers luv. ALL bars. The bar goers just pose differently is all.
“One of the things I liked about Seattle when I moved here was the “live and let live” attitude and openness to diversity” Where did you ever get that idea about Seattle? Maybe read it on a real estate flyer?
Seattle is a segregated intolerant city and always has been. I have lived here all my life and nothing has changed. Diversity means a Ballardite buys an Asian doodad for his house on his annual trek to Uwagimaya not that an Asian moved in next door. Geez just walk down the street and all you see is automons dressed alike and badly. This is a city of followers. Why do you think we have such bad municipal politicians? No one wants to actually take some responsibility or heaven help us actually make a decision. Laid back means lazy and infantilized.
I love my city but it is what it is. It is no better or worse than any other city but it does like to pretend. It’s a city of trend followers who call themselves green while they toss paper coffee cups everywhere. It’s a city of folks who want to preserve their waterways while they buy bigger and faster pleasure boats that spew oil and diesel or build bulkheads on their waterfront on Bainbridge Island. It’s a city full of wanna be Kirt Cobains who never got over the grunge look. It’s a city of those that want walkable neighborhood yet whine about paying for parking and hate condos.
Judy a place does not define a person. Only your actions define who you are.
No. Because you can't trademark an “interior design”.
Nothing on this blog will affect the market value of your house. Nothing will change the fact that Seattle housing prices are correcting themselves after years of being inflated. The value of your house is the fact it gives you shelter and as Carlin said, is a roof for your crap. Unless your roof leaks or you thought it was an investment you will be fine.
How do you know this if you don't attend them?
You're telling me The Jolly Roger is for posers?
C'mon.
Blanket statements aren't very affective. If that's the case, then restaurants could be criticized in the same way.
Nice one! Yeah, it amazes me that people who make such statements about bars and bar patrons claim to never go into them.
Of course it is. Good grief I have likely been in more bars than you have years on the planet. They haven’t changed. Bars are bars simple.
This just isn't true at all, Rose.
Compare the Jolly Roger to Hazlewood. Vastly different. Or The Dray to Brouwers.
You're being willfully ignorant.
Geez…it's chips, salsa, beer, margaritas, outdoor seating and a hella CHEAP happy hour. And 95 percent of these comments are whiny and negative. What gives?
$5 beers are NOT hella CHEAP.
Seriously. I've been to happy hour twice there in past few weeks. it's nice.
I also enjoy King's and the Tin Hat. I'm not a meathead (who still uses that term anyway?) or a cougar or an over-the-hill frat guy. I'm simply enjoying what Ballard has to offer and patronizing local businesses. How dare I?!
Yep, all posers. Real drunks drink at home. alone.
Aren't you just a bundle of joy!
I think we can figure they got shot down there quicker than other haunts?
They have a $3 happy hour food menu that is (hella) great.
Well Maria, judging by your personality, age and divorce rate, you're not exactly bar pick-up material anymore so yes, by your standards, we are all posers.
“openness to diversity”
In Ballard? Whitest part of one of the whitest cities in America?
It is truly a sad week for Ballard. …but only temporarily!
i think it should be manditory for those making comments to have an account with a picture of themselves. this is corny.
fact is, i refuse to go into the matador on a friday or saturday night, but i'm not going to be angry about it. this is a buisness that STARTED here in ballard. they dont hire techno DJ's or the slutty bud light girls to atract the douches…..dont be so mad. spend more time out having fun and less time on this blog.
That's the understatement of the century.
Umm, I think we're all missing something here…if you don't like it…
DON'T GO THERE.
I went once and thought it was overpriced, so I haven't felt the need to go back again. However, if there is a good happy hour menu (food and drinks), I would go back merely for the fact that they have outdoor seating, which is nice in good weather.
To Ballard sucks now: (GREAT NAME by the way!)
You are so unbelievably angry anbd negative. You don't know a thing about me, you don't know when I moved here or where from. I have no “friends from LA”.
You are so fast to hurl insults and apply generalizations to people. It seems to me YOU are the problem. You offer no solutions, just criticize and judge. Why don't YOU get off your ivory tower and move to another city? I'm not going anywhere.
Sweet Rose,
You just proved that you are correct. Your actions DO define who you are.
We have an infestation of trolls:
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.[2]
you just got trolled, party of SUCKAS
you first, b.i.b, since it seems like you work there.
Certainly my actions prove that I happen to think that the influx of bars and bar stool fixtures has been detrimental to Ballard so you are exactly right.
So silly. The point of any bar is to get drunk or pick up someone regardless the particular uniform worn by the patrons.
one of the classic signs of a troll is the use of multiple screen names on the same post….
Judge Judys
bitter, party of 1?
salty tulips
enough